SEW Goes One-On-One with… Alan Cohen
Alan H. Cohen is a co-founder of The Finish Line, Inc. and one of its principal stockholders. He has served as chairman of the board and CEO since 1982.
Cohen traces his successful experience in the specialty athletic footwear and apparel industr
Forzani Opens New Office, Consolidates Warehouse Ops
The Forzani Group Ltd. recently announced the opening of new office facilities near its current location in Laval, Quebec and has incorporated space for the large trade shows it hosts regularly for suppliers and Franchise owners. Concurrent with this ann
Federated Names New Burdines President and COO
Federated Department Stores, Inc. has named Nirmal K. “Trip” Tripathy as president and chief operating officer of its Miami-based Burdines division, effective immediately. The position of Burdines president/chief operating officer has been vacant since Mi
Russell Licenses Big and Tall Market to Profile
Russell Athletic has reached an agreement in principal on a four-year license with Profile, a division of the Waitex Group, to merchandise and distribute a Big and Tall program under the Russell Athletic brand name. The license will run through 2007…
Backbone Goes Fly Fishing
Simms retained Backbone Media of Carbondale, Colorado to manage its public relations efforts…
New Twists in the Bob’s Stores Bankruptcy Case…
TJX saw an opportunity to dump the bad stuff and expand their footprint into a younger mall consumer demographic when they offered to acquire Bob’s Stores. To execute the plan, the two need to pull off a Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Bob’s Stores to jettison t
Vans’ Fiscal Q2 Loss Widens 46.4% as Revenues Increase 10.4%
Vans, Inc. saw net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 ended November 29 for the base business increase 10.4% to $63.4 million, compared to $57.4 million for fiscal Q2 2003. Company-owned comp store sales increased 15.2%. The net loss during th
SEC Sues Three Genesco Execs for Fraud; Company Settles
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit Tuesday alleging that three Johnston & Murphy division executives, one current and two former employees, fraudulently reported 2001 sales results at year-end. The suit claims that the three, former J&M di
Accell Appoints New COO
Accell Group N.V. is pleased to announce that the Supervisory Board intends to appoint Mr J.M. Snijders Blok as a new member of the Board of Management of Accell Group N.V. in the position of Chief Operating Officer. As C.O.O., he will be the director res
DOT Clears Kris Kringle’s Flight Plan
Kris Kringle, d.b.a. Santa Claus, got the green light today from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to engage in air travel to various points throughout the United States the night of Dec. 24-25…
180s Moves Headquarters
180s will move into its new international headquarters at the Columbus Center in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Monday, December 22, 2003. 180s has outgrown its 10,800 square foot office building in Canton, which it has occupied since July 2000. The company
KSA Taps New Principal for NA Retail Ops Practice
Michael J. Brown has joined global management consulting firm Kurt Salmon Associates as a Principal in its
North American Retail Operations Practice. Mr. Brown began his retail career with Federated Department Stores' A&S division, where he held
Bratton Joins Fila as NSM for Apparel
Bill Bratton has joined Fila USA as National Sales Manager for the Apparel division. He will report to Greg Niel, VP Sales for Apparel. Mr. Bratton was most recently VP Sales Sporting Goods for Danskin. Prior to Danskin, Bratton was an Apparel Sales D
Jon Epstein Pleads Guilty in Just for Feet Fraud Case
The industry has been buzzing ever since new Fila parent, Sport Brands International, made it public last week that CEO Jon Epstein had resigned for “personal reasons”.
The former CEO has agreed to plead guilty in a fraud investigation of the Just For Fee
Play it Again Parent Makes Franchise Mgmt Promotions
Winmark Corporation, the parent company for Play it Again Sports, has announced the promotion of Rebecca J. Geyer to the position of Vice President of Franchise Management and Steven A. Murphy to the position of Vice President of Franchise Management…
